In regards to the meaning of this song:
Before a live performance on the EP Five Stories Falling, Geoff states “It’s about the last time I went to visit my grandmother in Columbus, and I saw that she was dying and it was the last time I was going to see her. It is about realizing how young you are, but how quickly you can go.”
That’s the thing about Geoff and his sublime poetry, you think it’s about one thing, but really it’s about something entirely different. But the lyrics are still universal and omnipresent, ubiquitous, even. So relatable. That’s one thing I love about this band. I also love their live performances, raw energy and Geoff’s beautiful, imperfectly perfect vocals. His voice soothes my aching soul.
About a hundred years ago now,
Thought I was left for dead.
Soliloquy, she was my
A picture, a wake,
My metaphoric friend.
So then I fell in love with an irony named life,
It taught me this from that and
A picture, a wake, you're gonna be Hilikus.
History has a tendency
To block yout the popular beliefs
About the leaders of the time,
So glisten with my syllables and
Ponder the thought,
Maybe they should have
Had to dedicate more to it, go!
You've got to be,
So good to be,
You've got to be Hilikus!
So I took a walk out side
With my new found friend and the knowledge imbibe.
I figured I'd find another
With the same attitude,
Yes, then maybe I could talk
To someone other than myself!
The doors are swinging wide open,
A positive attitude and the ilk in my pocket
Had a lot to do with my new found friend,
The Hilikus.
History has a tendency
To block out the popular beliefs
About the leaders of the time,
So glisten with my syllables and
Ponder the thought,
Maybe they should have had to dedicate more to it, go!
You've got to be,
So good to be,
You've got to be
Hilikus
Thought I was left for dead.
Soliloquy, she was my
A picture, a wake,
My metaphoric friend.
So then I fell in love with an irony named life,
It taught me this from that and
A picture, a wake, you're gonna be Hilikus.
History has a tendency
To block yout the popular beliefs
About the leaders of the time,
So glisten with my syllables and
Ponder the thought,
Maybe they should have
Had to dedicate more to it, go!
You've got to be,
So good to be,
You've got to be Hilikus!
So I took a walk out side
With my new found friend and the knowledge imbibe.
I figured I'd find another
With the same attitude,
Yes, then maybe I could talk
To someone other than myself!
The doors are swinging wide open,
A positive attitude and the ilk in my pocket
Had a lot to do with my new found friend,
The Hilikus.
History has a tendency
To block out the popular beliefs
About the leaders of the time,
So glisten with my syllables and
Ponder the thought,
Maybe they should have had to dedicate more to it, go!
You've got to be,
So good to be,
You've got to be
Hilikus
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"High like us"; makes a lot of sense, unlike this song. Bring back the Incubus of old and all will be forgiven. Those dreads were fantastic.
For a long time, I was a straightedge. And during that time, I had no idea what the hell a hilikus was. And there then came a time in which I rocked the ganja for the very first time. After my third hit, I looked at my friend and gasped... "Oh my god." "what?..." "Hilikus... high-like-us...!... HOLY FUCKING SHIT."
The rest is history.
although this took me FOREVER to figure out, it's right under your nose...
with the numerous drug references in "fungus amongus", hilikus means simply HIGH LIKE US... yeah i know, it takes a long time because you most likely think its something totally amazing, but its not, its drugs. the musicality is AMAZING but christ, drugs fuck up the mind.
now, if you never knew it was all a drug reference, read the lyrics again. it'll haunt you.
it took you "FOREVER" to figure that out?..........hmmmm sounds like you've hit the herb a couple too many times....... anyway i love this song, its so cute. FUNGUS ROCKS!!
yeah for some reason it never clicked, seriously. lol
Brandon was told that in a past life he was a cowboy in the 1800s and was arrested for some reason or another!
the bass line in this song is fucking thumping. i love it. man, it makes me just a little wet.
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this is quite possibly the best incubus song ever, its so great to jump around to
The Enjoy Incubus verison is far better than the Fungus Amongus one, but then I'd kill 2 b able 2 write songs like this.